NAIADEZ 167 
a very fragile plant; stagnant water; Switzerland, Pyre- 
nees, rare. 
Order XCIV.—JUNCAGINE. 
Resembling Naiadez; but leaves erect, rush-like. 
Marsh plants. 
I. TRIGLOCHIN, L. 
Flowers in racemes, small, green, without bracts, on 
leafless scapes; leaves very narrow; fruit composed of 
3-6 3-pointed carpels. 
I. palustre, L.; carpels 3, leaves filiform; marshes ; 
Switzerland, Jura, frequent. 
2: SCHEUCHZERSEA,..L, 
Flowers in racemes, small, green, bracteate, on leafy 
scapes; leaves slender; fruit composed of 2-3 inflated 
follicles. 
S. palustris, L.; scape curved, leaves with dilated 
brown sheaths and a pore at the tip; sub-alpine marshes, 
frequent. | 
Order XCV.—SMILACE. 
Flowers unisexual or bisexual, regular; sepals, petals, 
and stamens 8-10; sepals green or coloured; ovary 
superior; leaves net-veined. A tropical order, with very 
few European representatives ; not alpine. 
b PARIS. L. 
Flower solitary ; sepals green; stem simple; leaves in 
whorls, net-veined; stamens 8-12; fruit a berry. 
